Introduction

TR35 – YOUNG INNOVATORS is a competition jointly promoted by the Research Innovation Entrepreneurship Forum, University of Padua and Technology Review Italia.
Its aim is to collect and support best innovative ideas and projects of applied research developed in Italy, with relevant potential for the creation of technology based companies.
Inspired by the American competition called TR35, TR35-YI is open to everyone who has an
innovative project or who had already started a company and needs to build connections with other
researchers, innovators, investors.

What is TR35-YI

TR35-YI is a project inspired by TR35, a project created by historical American magazine
Technology Review that promotes the spread of emerging technologies and analyzes their
impact from many points of view: commercial, social and political. Technology Review and
Technologyreview.com are published by Technology Review Inc., a company owned by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Established in 1999 as the TR100, the TR35 list recognizes 35 outstanding innovators under the
age of 35 each year. The awards span a wide range of fields, including biotechnology, materials,
computer hardware, energy, transportation and the Internet. The promoters are searching for
individuals whose superb technical work holds great promise to shape the next decades. Their
goal is to recognize the development of new technology or the creative application of existing
technologies to solve problems. They also reward ingenious and elegant work that matters to the
world at large--not just to peers in a particular field or industry.
Technology Review showcases the TR35 finalists, including the Innovator of the Year, in its
September/October issue.

Objectives

The main aims of TR35-YI are:

1) Highlighting the importance of scientific research for economic and social development
2) Presenting best innovative ideas and projects developed in Italy
3) Finding financial resources in order to support research and innovation projects
4) Promoting the entrepreneurial culture based on innovation

Awards

Best 35 ideas/projects:

1) Will be presented in the Technology Review Italia and in the official website of the Research
Innovation Entrepreneurship Forum;
2) Will be invited to participate to an event within the Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Forum, in Padua, Italy, during March 2012, in order to present their work to potential investors
and venture capitalists;
3) Will be admitted to the selection of the global TR35;
4) Will receive an award from a distinguished scientist or entrepreneur.

Criteria

The competition is open to everyone who has a brilliant idea and has already developed a project
based on technological innovation and applied research. Every field of research will be accepted.
People coming from Universities and Research Centers, start-ups, medium to small companies, big
corporations, no profit organizations, are encouraged to participate.
TR35-YI applicants must be under the age of 35 on October 1, 2011 (born after October 1, 1976).

Application procedures

In order to compete, you are requested to present an idea based on technological innovation or the results of applied research. The idea and the results must be the original outcome of the efforts of the single participant. If you want to participate, please complete the online application that you find at www.rieforum.org/tr35-yi, in all its fields. The application should be received by November 30, 2011    (the    guidelines    are    on    the    website    www.rieforum.org). For any information about the online application, please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Awarded projects will be presented during the 2012 edition of the Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum in Padua, Italy. The winners will be contacted directly and invited to attend a gala dinner to be held in their honor.

Evaluation

A Scientific Committee will evaluate the projects. The Committee will include professors, researchers from different Universities, high-tech entrepreneurs, managers, seed and venture capitalists. The main criteria for the evaluation are the following: originality of the results, degree of innovation, impact of potential applications and their economic and social consequences.
Each project will be evaluated along with the following criteria:

1) The impact of the project: we want to reward people who introduce a new and better solutions
that change the way people live or work;

2)    The style: we want to reward elegant and brilliant solutions and the multidisciplinary
perspective;

3)    The challenge: we want to reward projects that have ambitious targets;

4)    We want to reward original projects that people are currently working on.

For further information, please visit www.rieforum.org and www.technologyreview.it

APPLICATION FORM

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Attachments:

istruzioni TR35 italiano.pdf	[ ]	127 Kb
TR35-YE- English instructions .pdf	[ ]	99 Kb